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{t:"The Land of Gold ",p:2,x:33,y:44,w:103,h:12},
{t:"by Colin Holcombe ",p:2,x:33,y:64,w:111,h:12},
{t:"© 2007 ",p:2,x:33,y:84,w:46,h:12},
{t:"‘The Land of Gold’ is a work of fiction. Names, ",p:2,x:33,y:104,w:266,h:12},
{t:"characters, places and incidents are products of ",p:2,x:33,y:124,w:277,h:12},
{t:"the author ’s imagination, and any resemblance to ",p:2,x:33,y:144,w:282,h:12},
{t:"actual events, locales and persons, living or ",p:2,x:33,y:164,w:251,h:12},
{t:"dead, is entirely coincidental. ",p:2,x:33,y:184,w:167,h:12},
{t:"Published by Ocaso Press Ltda. ",p:2,x:33,y:344,w:187,h:12},
{t:"Santiago, Chile. All rights reserved. ",p:2,x:33,y:364,w:203,h:12},
{t:"No part of this book may be used or reproduced ",p:2,x:33,y:404,w:275,h:12},
{t:"in any manner whatsoever without written per-",p:2,x:33,y:424,w:259,h:12},
{t:"mission, except in the case of brief quotations in ",p:2,x:33,y:444,w:277,h:12},
{t:"critical articles and reviews. ",p:2,x:33,y:460,w:160,h:18},
{t:" ",p:3,x:188,y:38,w:6,h:24},
{t:"THE LAND OF GOLD ",p:3,x:99,y:182,w:186,h:24},
{t:"—A NOVEL— ",p:3,x:131,y:303,w:121,h:24},
{t:"Colin Holcombe",p:3,x:115,y:424,w:146,h:21},
{t:" ",p:4,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"2",p:4,x:176,y:511,w:7,h:15},
{t:" CHAPTER ONE ",p:4,x:97,y:190,w:169,h:27},
{t:"A mist blotted out the view when Henshall woke ",p:4,x:51,y:257,w:279,h:12},
{t:"the following morning. He pulled on a sweater and ",p:4,x:33,y:278,w:298,h:12},
{t:"sat on the veranda, ordering a nasi goreng when ",p:4,x:33,y:299,w:298,h:12},
{t:"the houseboy appeared under a dripping green ",p:4,x:33,y:320,w:300,h:12},
{t:"umbrella. A couple of women went by with bundles ",p:4,x:33,y:340,w:297,h:12},
{t:"of vegetables on their heads, and there were sev-",p:4,x:33,y:361,w:293,h:12},
{t:"eral of the small dogs of Bali, padding warily past ",p:4,x:33,y:382,w:298,h:12},
{t:"with their usual craven and preoccupied air. The ",p:4,x:33,y:403,w:299,h:12},
{t:"morning grew chilly as he finished his meal, but he ",p:4,x:33,y:424,w:298,h:12},
{t:"packed the motorbike panniers just the same, tuck-",p:4,x:33,y:445,w:292,h:12},
{t:"ing the sketchpads into plastic bags, and set off for ",p:4,x:33,y:466,w:297,h:12},
{t:"the interior. ",p:4,x:33,y:486,w:67,h:12},
{t:" ",p:5,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"3 ",p:5,x:185,y:511,w:10,h:15},
{t:"By three he had returned to the Bali Beach Ho-",p:5,x:61,y:45,w:274,h:12},
{t:"tel, if only, as he knew, to catch another glimpse of ",p:5,x:42,y:66,w:297,h:12},
{t:"last night’s celebrity. Who was she? he wondered ",p:5,x:42,y:86,w:298,h:12},
{t:"as he joined a group of residents returned from ",p:5,x:42,y:107,w:300,h:12},
{t:"rained-off tours. When the group left, still complain-",p:5,x:42,y:128,w:293,h:12},
{t:"ing about local practices, Henshall continued read-",p:5,x:42,y:149,w:293,h:12},
{t:"ing his guide book and wasn’t sure what the voice ",p:5,x:42,y:170,w:298,h:12},
{t:"had said, or whether it had asked anything at all. ",p:5,x:42,y:190,w:299,h:12},
{t:"‘You",p:5,x:42,y:211,w:26,h:12},
{t:"’re more than welcome’, he said. ‘I’m leaving ",p:5,x:67,y:211,w:274,h:12},
{t:"shortly.’ The voice behind him laughed and said, ",p:5,x:42,y:232,w:299,h:12},
{t:"‘That’s not what I meant.’ Perhaps his surprise ",p:5,x:42,y:253,w:300,h:12},
{t:"showed, for the face gleamed with mischief, the ",p:5,x:42,y:274,w:300,h:12},
{t:"water glistening on the long eyelashes. ‘You don’t ",p:5,x:42,y:295,w:298,h:12},
{t:"recognize me, but I know you.’ Henshall opened ",p:5,x:42,y:316,w:299,h:12},
{t:"his mouth to reply, but she was already sauntering ",p:5,x:42,y:336,w:298,h:12},
{t:"back along the tiled steps that led to the swimming ",p:5,x:42,y:357,w:298,h:12},
{t:"pool. All that day and the days following, Henshall ",p:5,x:42,y:378,w:298,h:12},
{t:"could see in his mind the extraordinary face with ",p:5,x:42,y:399,w:299,h:12},
{t:"the dark eyes, the features laughing at him, but ",p:5,x:42,y:420,w:300,h:12},
{t:"their owner didn’t reappear. ",p:5,x:42,y:440,w:158,h:12},
{t:"At a small village in the hills, however, where he ",p:5,x:61,y:465,w:279,h:12},
{t:"was sketching four of the little girls waiting to re-",p:5,x:42,y:486,w:293,h:12},
{t:" ",p:6,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"4",p:6,x:176,y:511,w:7,h:15},
{t:"ceive a sprinkling of holy water before their Legong ",p:6,x:33,y:45,w:297,h:12},
{t:"dance, someone settled beside him and took the ",p:6,x:33,y:66,w:299,h:12},
{t:"pad from his hand. He knew the identity, even be-",p:6,x:33,y:86,w:293,h:12},
{t:"fore the playful voice said, ‘This will get you into ",p:6,x:33,y:107,w:299,h:12},
{t:"trouble, my friend.’ Henshall let her flip through the ",p:6,x:33,y:128,w:298,h:12},
{t:"sketch pad, watching her turn the pages round to ",p:6,x:33,y:149,w:299,h:12},
{t:"study them carefully. ‘Where am I?’ she asked. ",p:6,x:33,y:170,w:300,h:12},
{t:"‘These aren’t bad, but what have you done with ",p:6,x:33,y:190,w:300,h:12},
{t:"me?’ Henshall explained that her studies were in ",p:6,x:33,y:211,w:299,h:12},
{t:"another pad, a smaller one he kept for social occa-",p:6,x:33,y:232,w:293,h:12},
{t:"sions. For spying, she decided: why else would he ",p:6,x:33,y:253,w:299,h:12},
{t:"draw? ",p:6,x:33,y:274,w:39,h:12},
{t:"‘It’s harmless enough’, said Henshall. ‘Trains ",p:6,x:51,y:298,w:281,h:12},
{t:"the eye.’ ",p:6,x:33,y:319,w:51,h:12},
{t:"‘It is not harmless to us.’ ",p:6,x:51,y:343,w:142,h:12},
{t:"‘Something to talk about at lunch perhaps?’ ",p:6,x:51,y:367,w:249,h:12},
{t:"‘Oh that is much too forward’, she said, pulling a ",p:6,x:51,y:391,w:279,h:12},
{t:"face. ‘You must introduce yourself properly when ",p:6,x:33,y:412,w:299,h:12},
{t:"you invite someone out in Bali.’ ",p:6,x:33,y:433,w:178,h:12},
{t:"‘Peter Henshall. Whom do I have the pleasure ",p:6,x:51,y:457,w:280,h:12},
{t:"of addressing?’ ",p:6,x:33,y:478,w:92,h:12},
{t:" ",p:7,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"5 ",p:7,x:185,y:511,w:10,h:15},
{t:"‘Hartini Sujono’, replied the woman, now spring-",p:7,x:61,y:45,w:274,h:12},
{t:"ing to her feet.  ",p:7,x:42,y:66,w:89,h:12},
{t:"When they were sat in a local eating-house, ",p:7,x:61,y:90,w:282,h:12},
{t:"Hartini prodding the old crone into frying some fish ",p:7,x:42,y:110,w:297,h:12},
{t:"and sending off for fresh papaya, Henshall could ",p:7,x:42,y:131,w:299,h:12},
{t:"look more closely at the arrival. Not wholly Java-",p:7,x:42,y:152,w:294,h:12},
{t:"nese, he realized, but taller, a straighter nose and ",p:7,x:42,y:173,w:298,h:12},
{t:"jaw, with a warmer complexion, and an openness ",p:7,x:42,y:194,w:298,h:12},
{t:"that seemed to surround and take possession of ",p:7,x:42,y:215,w:299,h:12},
{t:"what he was saying—when it cared to, and wasn’t ",p:7,x:42,y:236,w:298,h:12},
{t:"holding itself for his inspection and admiration. ",p:7,x:42,y:256,w:301,h:12},
{t:"Henshall brought the conversation back to their ",p:7,x:42,y:277,w:300,h:12},
{t:"surroundings, to the village with its straggle of ",p:7,x:42,y:298,w:300,h:12},
{t:"dusty coconut palms and the terraces of padi that ",p:7,x:42,y:319,w:297,h:12},
{t:"towered above them, fresh and green in the after-",p:7,x:42,y:340,w:292,h:12},
{t:"noon light. ",p:7,x:42,y:360,w:63,h:12},
{t:"‘Think I was looking for you?’ countered the head, ",p:7,x:61,y:385,w:277,h:12},
{t:"turning on him again. ",p:7,x:42,y:406,w:123,h:12},
{t:"‘Just wondered how you got here.’ ",p:7,x:61,y:430,w:196,h:12},
{t:"‘Hired a car. You came here yes terday as well, ",p:7,x:61,y:454,w:279,h:12},
{t:"didn’t you?’ She pointed a fork. ‘The young man ",p:7,x:42,y:475,w:299,h:12},
{t:"who makes pictures.’ ",p:7,x:42,y:496,w:123,h:12},
{t:" ",p:8,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"6",p:8,x:176,y:511,w:7,h:15},
{t:"‘Wouldn’t go on too much about the young man. ",p:8,x:51,y:45,w:278,h:12},
{t:"He’s a good bit older than you.’ ",p:8,x:33,y:66,w:179,h:12},
{t:"‘Hartini is twenty-seven.’ ",p:8,x:51,y:90,w:141,h:12},
{t:"‘And Peter is thirty-four.’ ",p:8,x:51,y:114,w:141,h:12},
{t:"The woman whistled. ‘Thirty-four’, she mocked, ",p:8,x:51,y:138,w:279,h:12},
{t:"drawing out the syllables. ‘A man of distinction, of ",p:8,x:33,y:159,w:297,h:12},
{t:"mature years. With many children: banyak anak-",p:8,x:33,y:180,w:293,h:12},
{t:"anak?’ ",p:8,x:33,y:200,w:42,h:12},
{t:"‘I’m not married as it happens. Is that wrong?’ ",p:8,x:52,y:225,w:262,h:12},
{t:"‘It is irresponsible. A man should always marry ",p:8,x:52,y:249,w:280,h:12},
{t:"and have children, even if he doesn’t care for ",p:8,x:33,y:270,w:301,h:12},
{t:"women. Never been tempted?’ ",p:8,x:33,y:290,w:176,h:12},
{t:"‘Not for a while’, he said, reaching for the pa-",p:8,x:52,y:315,w:274,h:12},
{t:"paya. ",p:8,x:33,y:336,w:36,h:12},
{t:"‘Is that a broken heart?’ she said, resting chin ",p:8,x:52,y:360,w:280,h:12},
{t:"on hands. ‘How romantic.’ ",p:8,x:33,y:380,w:151,h:12},
{t:"‘Was it?’ ",p:8,x:52,y:405,w:54,h:12},
{t:"‘So what did you expect? Guarantees? Peter ",p:8,x:56,y:429,w:276,h:12},
{t:"Henshall, you",p:8,x:33,y:450,w:80,h:12},
{t:"’re not one to see the world through ",p:8,x:112,y:450,w:219,h:12},
{t:"coloured glass. No castles in the air for our trav-",p:8,x:33,y:470,w:293,h:12},
{t:"elled Englishman.’ Then she paused and looked ",p:8,x:33,y:491,w:299,h:12},
{t:" ",p:9,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"7 ",p:9,x:185,y:511,w:10,h:15},
{t:"serious. ‘So let ’s ask what brought you here. Seek-",p:9,x:42,y:45,w:292,h:12},
{t:"ing employment?’ ",p:9,x:42,y:66,w:103,h:12},
{t:"‘Should I be?’ The change of tone surprised ",p:9,x:61,y:90,w:281,h:12},
{t:"him, and he frowned, saying nothing for a while. ",p:9,x:42,y:110,w:274,h:12},
{t:"‘With introductions I could supply over dinner?’ ",p:9,x:61,y:135,w:279,h:12},
{t:"she continued, smiling at his annoyance. ‘Since ",p:9,x:42,y:156,w:300,h:12},
{t:"you’re slow to ask.’  ",p:9,x:42,y:176,w:114,h:12},
{t:"‘Without the usual admirers?’  ",p:9,x:61,y:200,w:174,h:12},
{t:"‘Oh I think I can make an evening free. Just the ",p:9,x:61,y:225,w:279,h:12},
{t:"once, for our mature Englishman.’ ",p:9,x:42,y:246,w:196,h:12},
{t:"Henshall walked the woman to her car. Bun-",p:9,x:61,y:270,w:273,h:12},
{t:"dling equipment on the back of his hired motorbike, ",p:9,x:42,y:290,w:297,h:12},
{t:"he drove to Kuta and the Hotel Bali Beach, where ",p:9,x:42,y:311,w:298,h:12},
{t:"he checked in without pausing to reflect. Hang the ",p:9,x:42,y:332,w:298,h:12},
{t:"expense, he muttered as he waited for his call to ",p:9,x:42,y:353,w:299,h:12},
{t:"come through. Frank Norbury, Metax Mining’s man ",p:9,x:42,y:374,w:297,h:12},
{t:"in Kuala Lumpur, expressed no surprise, but said, ",p:9,x:42,y:395,w:298,h:12},
{t:"‘Very well, Mr Henshall. I’ll see if there’s still an ",p:9,x:42,y:416,w:299,h:12},
{t:"opening in the Mapura operation. We’ll look for-",p:9,x:42,y:436,w:292,h:12},
{t:"ward to hearing from you in a few days.’ ",p:9,x:42,y:457,w:228,h:12},
{t:" ",p:10,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"8",p:10,x:176,y:511,w:7,h:15},
{t:"A different woman presented herself when Hen-",p:10,x:51,y:45,w:273,h:12},
{t:"shall appeared at eight that evening. With a slight ",p:10,x:33,y:66,w:298,h:12},
{t:"inflection of the head, Hartini, now turned out in a ",p:10,x:33,y:86,w:298,h:12},
{t:"short cocktail number, allowed him to escort her ",p:10,x:33,y:107,w:300,h:12},
{t:"over to the far side of the lawn, away from the band ",p:10,x:33,y:128,w:297,h:12},
{t:"and the spotlit dancefloor.  ",p:10,x:33,y:149,w:153,h:12},
{t:"‘So what do you think?’ he said when she ",p:10,x:51,y:173,w:283,h:12},
{t:"opened her bag and peered into the make-up mir-",p:10,x:33,y:194,w:293,h:12},
{t:"ror. ‘Should we get business over with?’ ",p:10,x:33,y:215,w:230,h:12},
{t:"She looked up. ",p:10,x:51,y:239,w:89,h:12},
{t:"‘Just a thought’, he said, watching her carefully. ",p:10,x:51,y:263,w:273,h:12},
{t:"She seemed unconcerned, and only said qui-",p:10,x:51,y:287,w:275,h:12},
{t:"etly, ",p:10,x:33,y:308,w:28,h:12},
{t:"‘All this amateur psychology comes from read-",p:10,x:60,y:308,w:265,h:12},
{t:"ing, does it? Long hours on your own, Mr Hen-",p:10,x:33,y:329,w:293,h:12},
{t:"shall?’ ",p:10,x:33,y:350,w:40,h:12},
{t:"‘I try to stay abreast of events. To understand ",p:10,x:51,y:374,w:280,h:12},
{t:"this Suvarnabhumi of yours.’ ",p:10,x:33,y:395,w:165,h:12},
{t:"‘This what?’ ",p:10,x:51,y:419,w:72,h:12},
{t:"‘So the old Hindu kingdoms called it.’ ",p:10,x:51,y:443,w:213,h:12},
{t:"‘We call it the land of shadows, Mr Henshall. ",p:10,x:51,y:467,w:280,h:12},
{t:"Not the land of gold.’ ",p:10,x:33,y:488,w:121,h:12},
{t:" ",p:11,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"9 ",p:11,x:185,y:511,w:10,h:15},
{t:"‘Do you now?’ he said. ‘Such a beautiful place, ",p:11,x:61,y:45,w:279,h:12},
{t:"and all you think of is shadow puppets, the other ",p:11,x:42,y:66,w:298,h:12},
{t:"side of life.’ When there was no reply, he added,‘I’d ",p:11,x:42,y:86,w:297,h:12},
{t:"like to know how I could be of service to you.’ ",p:11,x:42,y:107,w:258,h:12},
{t:"‘To me, Hartini Sujono?’ She seemed amused ",p:11,x:61,y:131,w:280,h:12},
{t:"again, but then clicked the bag shut, as though ",p:11,x:42,y:152,w:300,h:12},
{t:"excluding him. ‘Well, if you’re going to Australia. ",p:11,x:42,y:173,w:299,h:12},
{t:"You are, aren ’t you?’ ",p:11,x:42,y:194,w:120,h:12},
{t:"‘I might get a job here.’ ",p:11,x:61,y:218,w:132,h:12},
{t:"‘You could take a parcel out for me. I can ’t take ",p:11,x:61,y:242,w:279,h:12},
{t:"it myself, and it’s got to be someone I trust. Would ",p:11,x:42,y:263,w:297,h:12},
{t:"you do that?’ ",p:11,x:42,y:284,w:76,h:12},
{t:"‘Just a parcel?’ ",p:11,x:61,y:308,w:90,h:12},
{t:"‘It won’t weigh you down.’ ",p:11,x:61,y:332,w:148,h:12},
{t:"He glanced at her quickly, and thought he saw ",p:11,x:61,y:356,w:279,h:12},
{t:"an earnestness as the gaze settled and moved on. ",p:11,x:42,y:377,w:297,h:12},
{t:"‘Not drugs or anything?’ he said. ",p:11,x:42,y:398,w:187,h:12},
{t:"‘A manuscript. Just a few hundred pages.’ ",p:11,x:61,y:422,w:243,h:12},
{t:"‘Why don’t you carry it out yourself?’ ",p:11,x:61,y:446,w:209,h:12},
{t:"‘Because I don ’t have a passport. And anyway ",p:11,x:61,y:470,w:281,h:12},
{t:"they’d search me and take it away.’ She shrugged . ",p:11,x:42,y:491,w:297,h:12},
{t:" ",p:12,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"10 ",p:12,x:172,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"‘Listen, I’m an undesirable. I did have a passport, ",p:12,x:33,y:45,w:298,h:12},
{t:"with my husband. We travel led a lot: to the States, ",p:12,x:33,y:66,w:297,h:12},
{t:"to Holland, performing. It was a good combination. ",p:12,x:33,y:86,w:297,h:12},
{t:"For a time we were very popular. Are you f ollowing ",p:12,x:33,y:107,w:297,h:12},
{t:"me?’ ",p:12,x:33,y:128,w:31,h:12},
{t:"‘Yes. Your English is much too good to have ",p:12,x:51,y:152,w:282,h:12},
{t:"been learnt here.’ ",p:12,x:33,y:173,w:102,h:12},
{t:"‘I went to school in England, but tha t’s not the ",p:12,x:51,y:197,w:280,h:12},
{t:"point. We were in Jakarta the time of the Sukarno ",p:12,x:33,y:218,w:298,h:12},
{t:"plot. Not communists, just socialist sympathizers, ",p:12,x:33,y:239,w:298,h:12},
{t:"but it didn’t make any difference. He was a little ",p:12,x:33,y:260,w:300,h:12},
{t:"man, half Chinese, and not strong. He should have ",p:12,x:33,y:280,w:297,h:12},
{t:"run as I did, or asked for their authority, but he ",p:12,x:33,y:301,w:301,h:12},
{t:"didn’t. I hid in the garden while they took him ",p:12,x:33,y:322,w:301,h:12},
{t:"away. ’ ",p:12,x:33,y:343,w:39,h:12},
{t:"‘Someone had to work for his release.’ ",p:12,x:51,y:367,w:220,h:12},
{t:"‘They shot him at the station, or on the way. ",p:12,x:51,y:391,w:282,h:12},
{t:"Just lined him up, with all the others. The thou-",p:12,x:33,y:412,w:293,h:12},
{t:"sands and thousands of them.’ ",p:12,x:33,y:433,w:179,h:12},
{t:" ",p:13,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"11 ",p:13,x:181,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"Henshall’s look narrowed. ‘So,’ he said, half ",p:13,x:61,y:45,w:281,h:12},
{t:"knowing the answer, ‘what’s the manuscript ",p:13,x:42,y:66,w:304,h:12},
{t:"about?’ ",p:13,x:42,y:86,w:45,h:12},
{t:"‘The facts. We want people to know what hap-",p:13,x:61,y:110,w:274,h:12},
{t:"pened.’ ",p:13,x:42,y:131,w:45,h:12},
{t:"‘Who’s the we?’ ",p:13,x:61,y:156,w:94,h:12},
{t:"‘Will you help us do that?’ ",p:13,x:61,y:180,w:150,h:12},
{t:"He stared into the distance, looked at the ",p:13,x:61,y:204,w:284,h:12},
{t:"woman again, and said calmly, ",p:13,x:42,y:225,w:192,h:12},
{t:"‘No doubt a mis-",p:13,x:233,y:225,w:101,h:12},
{t:"take, but for you, Hartini Sujono, I will.’ ",p:13,x:42,y:246,w:221,h:12},
{t:"‘You are a good young man’, she said, taking ",p:13,x:61,y:270,w:280,h:12},
{t:"his hand for a moment. ‘Now you can ask me to ",p:13,x:42,y:290,w:299,h:12},
{t:"dance.’ ",p:13,x:42,y:311,w:45,h:12},
{t:"No more was said of the manuscript, and for the ",p:13,x:61,y:336,w:278,h:12},
{t:"next hour they were an ordinary couple dining out ",p:13,x:42,y:356,w:298,h:12},
{t:"together, a couple who didn’t know each other well, ",p:13,x:42,y:377,w:297,h:12},
{t:"as there were long silences, which Henshall men-",p:13,x:42,y:398,w:292,h:12},
{t:"tioned when they walked back to the hotel early, ",p:13,x:42,y:419,w:300,h:12},
{t:"many of the guests still whooping it up around ",p:13,x:42,y:440,w:300,h:12},
{t:"them. ",p:13,x:42,y:460,w:35,h:12},
{t:" ",p:14,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"12 ",p:14,x:172,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"‘I think you will honestly try to get the package ",p:14,x:51,y:45,w:280,h:12},
{t:"out’, the woman said. ‘The rest doesn’t matter. I’ll ",p:14,x:33,y:66,w:298,h:12},
{t:"be leaving tomorrow anyway.",p:14,x:33,y:86,w:164,h:12},
{t:"’ ",p:14,x:195,y:86,w:7,h:12},
{t:"Henshall made friends easily with women, but ",p:14,x:51,y:110,w:280,h:12},
{t:"was now disturbed by the news. Slowly he followed ",p:14,x:33,y:131,w:297,h:12},
{t:"her down the corridor, where she left him to get the ",p:14,x:33,y:152,w:297,h:12},
{t:"package. ‘And the mailing address?’ he said as the ",p:14,x:33,y:173,w:298,h:12},
{t:"bulky document was put into his hands. She took ",p:14,x:33,y:194,w:298,h:12},
{t:"his arm and guided him up the stairs to his room, ",p:14,x:33,y:215,w:298,h:12},
{t:"where she paced about while he extracted some ",p:14,x:33,y:236,w:300,h:12},
{t:"ice from the minibar. ‘Rather ships in the night’, he ",p:14,x:33,y:256,w:300,h:12},
{t:"said, handing the drink over. ",p:14,x:33,y:277,w:164,h:12},
{t:"Again there was a look he couldn’t place, but ",p:14,x:51,y:301,w:280,h:12},
{t:"she was only saying, ‘Peter, just promise me some-",p:14,x:33,y:322,w:293,h:12},
{t:"thing. Whatever happens, you will deliver the pack-",p:14,x:33,y:343,w:293,h:12},
{t:"age.’ ",p:14,x:33,y:364,w:31,h:12},
{t:"‘Provided it’s what you say it is.’ ",p:14,x:51,y:388,w:183,h:12},
{t:"‘Oh you men!’ she exclaimed. ‘Here, take the ",p:14,x:51,y:412,w:281,h:12},
{t:"thing and read it, will you?’ ",p:14,x:33,y:433,w:154,h:12},
{t:"Three independent witnesses affirm that in the ",p:14,x:51,y:457,w:280,h:12},
{t:"Sungei Lantang village some 28 or 29 men, women ",p:14,x:33,y:478,w:297,h:12},
{t:" ",p:15,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"13 ",p:15,x:181,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"and children were snatched from their homes on ",p:15,x:42,y:45,w:299,h:12},
{t:"the night of October 2nd and attacked with parangs, ",p:15,x:42,y:62,w:296,h:15},
{t:"their bodies afterwards being thrown into the river. ",p:15,x:42,y:86,w:297,h:12},
{t:"This appears to have been a spontaneous incident, ",p:15,x:42,y:107,w:297,h:12},
{t:"not incited by the military, but no attempt was sub-",p:15,x:42,y:128,w:293,h:12},
{t:"sequently made by the police to investigate the ",p:15,x:42,y:149,w:300,h:12},
{t:"matter, nor to recover the property and belongings ",p:15,x:42,y:170,w:297,h:12},
{t:"seized by the villagers responsible . . . ",p:15,x:42,y:190,w:222,h:12},
{t:"Our estimates for the Province as a whole are ",p:15,x:61,y:215,w:279,h:12},
{t:"therefore in excess of 8,000 persons and perhaps ",p:15,x:42,y:236,w:298,h:12},
{t:"as many as 20,000 . . . ",p:15,x:42,y:256,w:136,h:12},
{t:"There was much more in this vein, and Henshall ",p:15,x:61,y:280,w:278,h:12},
{t:"finally put the manuscript down in disgust. ‘Was it ",p:15,x:42,y:301,w:298,h:12},
{t:"really as bad as this?’ he said. ",p:15,x:42,y:322,w:175,h:12},
{t:"‘Will you just take the manuscript?’ ",p:15,x:61,y:346,w:202,h:12},
{t:"Henshall had read something of this in his ",p:15,x:61,y:370,w:282,h:12},
{t:"guidebook: the abortive communist coup of 1965, ",p:15,x:42,y:391,w:299,h:12},
{t:"the murder of five generals, the countercoup ",p:15,x:42,y:412,w:303,h:12},
{t:"launched by the army in which large numbers of ",p:15,x:42,y:433,w:298,h:12},
{t:"communists had been killed, the installation of ",p:15,x:42,y:454,w:301,h:12},
{t:"Suharto as the head of the ruling Golkar party. But ",p:15,x:42,y:475,w:297,h:12},
{t:"the words hadn’t meant much. Indonesians were ",p:15,x:42,y:496,w:299,h:12},
{t:" ",p:16,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"14 ",p:16,x:172,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"an open and friendly people, indifferent to anything ",p:16,x:33,y:45,w:298,h:12},
{t:"but their families and national sports teams. Now ",p:16,x:33,y:66,w:299,h:12},
{t:"there was a deeper side, he realized. Twenty thou-",p:16,x:33,y:86,w:292,h:12},
{t:"sand people in one province alone. Dozens killed in ",p:16,x:33,y:107,w:297,h:12},
{t:"every vi llage. He suddenly felt cold in the air-",p:16,x:33,y:128,w:292,h:12},
{t:"conditioned room, and went to sit on the balcony ",p:16,x:33,y:149,w:299,h:12},
{t:"wall. The woman followed, seating herself care-",p:16,x:33,y:170,w:293,h:12},
{t:"lessly on a chair facing. ",p:16,x:33,y:190,w:137,h:12},
{t:"‘You still remember, still think about these ",p:16,x:51,y:215,w:284,h:12},
{t:"events?’ he said. ",p:16,x:33,y:236,w:99,h:12},
{t:"‘They are still with me. Not so painful, but still ",p:16,x:51,y:260,w:280,h:12},
{t:"there, yes.’ ",p:16,x:33,y:280,w:65,h:12},
{t:"‘But this was nine years ago.’ ",p:16,x:51,y:305,w:169,h:12},
{t:"‘I did nothing to help him.’ ",p:16,x:51,y:329,w:149,h:12},
{t:"‘What could you do? You were seventeen, just a ",p:16,x:51,y:353,w:278,h:12},
{t:"girl.’ ",p:16,x:33,y:374,w:27,h:12},
{t:"‘Eighteen. A wife and entertainer. Everyone ",p:16,x:51,y:398,w:283,h:12},
{t:"hummed our songs.’ ",p:16,x:33,y:419,w:120,h:12},
{t:"‘Punishing yourself won’t help.’  ",p:16,x:51,y:443,w:183,h:12},
{t:"‘Peter,’ she said softly, ‘I’m not punishing my-",p:16,x:51,y:467,w:274,h:12},
{t:"self. I’m performing.’  ",p:16,x:33,y:488,w:124,h:12},
{t:" ",p:17,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"15 ",p:17,x:181,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"Henshall sat down again. It had been an instinc-",p:17,x:61,y:45,w:274,h:12},
{t:"tive gesture, protective if anything, but his arms still ",p:17,x:42,y:66,w:297,h:12},
{t:"sensed the aching fullness of the body. ‘Where do ",p:17,x:42,y:86,w:298,h:12},
{t:"you sing now?’ he said awkwardly as the woman ",p:17,x:42,y:107,w:299,h:12},
{t:"continued to stare at him.  ",p:17,x:42,y:128,w:150,h:12},
{t:"‘I have my own club, or part of it. How else ",p:17,x:61,y:152,w:281,h:12},
{t:"could I sing? I have the wrong age, the wrong na-",p:17,x:42,y:173,w:293,h:12},
{t:"tionality, and the wrong background. I’d never keep ",p:17,x:42,y:194,w:297,h:12},
{t:"a job if I worked for somebody else.’ She paused. ",p:17,x:42,y:215,w:298,h:12},
{t:"‘And I have a protector.’ ",p:17,x:42,y:236,w:138,h:12},
{t:"‘Imagine someone like you would.’ ",p:17,x:61,y:260,w:196,h:12},
{t:"‘Do you? Do you now!’ She was on her feet and ",p:17,x:61,y:284,w:278,h:12},
{t:"angry with him. ‘Don’t you understand? There’s ",p:17,x:42,y:305,w:300,h:12},
{t:"nothing on offer. I’ve got nothing for you.’ ",p:17,x:42,y:326,w:235,h:12},
{t:"‘I should be happy to get to know you better.’ ",p:17,x:61,y:350,w:255,h:12},
{t:"‘You can’t.’ ",p:17,x:61,y:374,w:66,h:12},
{t:"‘If only as a friend.’ ",p:17,x:61,y:398,w:110,h:12},
{t:"‘That would be an unkindness to us both.’  ",p:17,x:61,y:422,w:244,h:12},
{t:"‘How’s that?’ he said, suddenly exasperated. ",p:17,x:61,y:446,w:256,h:12},
{t:"‘My friend, it is late and I’m tired. Please take ",p:17,x:61,y:470,w:280,h:12},
{t:"the parcel.’ She opened her bag, and handed him ",p:17,x:42,y:491,w:298,h:12},
{t:" ",p:18,x:33,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"16 ",p:18,x:172,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"the address. ‘Just keep that safe, and don ’t write ",p:18,x:33,y:45,w:299,h:12},
{t:"on the parcel till you’re out of the country.’ ",p:18,x:33,y:66,w:239,h:12},
{t:"‘Nothing to remember you by?’ ",p:18,x:51,y:90,w:177,h:12},
{t:"‘Please do as I say.’ ",p:18,x:51,y:114,w:116,h:12},
{t:"‘Give me your address. I’d like to think of you ",p:18,x:51,y:138,w:281,h:12},
{t:"singing somewhere definite, even if I can’t get to it.’ ",p:18,x:33,y:159,w:293,h:12},
{t:"‘You already know the place. Mapura. The Ko-",p:18,x:51,y:183,w:274,h:12},
{t:"tapalu nightclub.’ She smiled at his expression. ‘So ",p:18,x:33,y:204,w:298,h:12},
{t:"I must thank you for a very pleasant evening, and ",p:18,x:33,y:225,w:298,h:12},
{t:"bid you goodnight.’ She walked to the door and ",p:18,x:33,y:246,w:300,h:12},
{t:"waited for Henshall to open it. ",p:18,x:33,y:266,w:172,h:12},
{t:"‘If I came back to Kotapalu, if I got a job there, ",p:18,x:51,y:290,w:279,h:12},
{t:"would you see me?’ ",p:18,x:33,y:311,w:116,h:12},
{t:"‘Just take the parcel.’ ",p:18,x:51,y:336,w:124,h:12},
{t:"‘Why not?’ ",p:18,x:51,y:360,w:64,h:12},
{t:"‘Goodnight, my friend.’ She freed herself and ",p:18,x:51,y:384,w:281,h:12},
{t:"opened the door. For a moment she laid a hand on ",p:18,x:33,y:405,w:299,h:12},
{t:"his shoulder as if to say more, but then turned ",p:18,x:33,y:426,w:300,h:12},
{t:"away. Henshall watched her walk down the half-lit ",p:18,x:33,y:446,w:298,h:12},
{t:"corridor to the stairs, the steps slowly becoming ",p:18,x:33,y:467,w:299,h:12},
{t:"inaudible. Then he went to bed and stayed awake ",p:18,x:33,y:488,w:299,h:12},
{t:" ",p:19,x:42,y:515,w:5,h:18},
{t:"17 ",p:19,x:181,y:511,w:18,h:15},
{t:"a long time, sensing the slight honey fragrance that ",p:19,x:42,y:45,w:297,h:12},
{t:"seemed comforting and then disquieting as it filled ",p:19,x:42,y:66,w:297,h:12},
{t:"the closed room.  ",p:19,x:42,y:86,w:101,h:12},
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